When Francesca, age 62, discovered that her retirement plan had suffered losses in the stock market, she realized that she would not be able to retired within the next year as she had expected to do
Francesca began to spend a great deal of time ruminating about her situation, especially about how sad she was that this problem had arisen after she had worked so hard all of her life. Which of the following is an accurate description of Francesca's coping at this point?
a. She is using a problem-focused mechanism.
b. She is using an emotion-focused mechanism.
c. She is using a primary control strategy.
d. She is using no coping strategy.
b
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